diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
index 387a367b327..a4b9f23c5eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, phantomjs2, python, nodePackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fontsConf, phantomjs2, python, nodePackages }:
 
 let version = "1.1.1";
 
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontBuild = true;
 
   doCheck = true;
-  checkTarget = "test";
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export FONTCONFIG_FILE=${fontsConf}
+    make test
+  '';
+
 
   installPhase = ''
     mv $PWD $out
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 603e537a5e2..7fea61dbf7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5811,7 +5811,9 @@ in
       inherit rustc;
     };
 
-  casperjs = callPackage ../development/tools/casperjs { };
+  casperjs = callPackage ../development/tools/casperjs {
+    inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf;
+  };
 
   cbrowser = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cbrowser { };